Russell Brand slams Bill O’Reilly over Ferguson protests (VIDEO)

British comedian Russell Brand took to his online series The Trews to criticize Bill O’Reilly of Fox News for insisting that protesters angry over the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson are not letting justice take its course.

On the latest episode of The Trews, Brand performed running
commentary of a recent O’Reilly segment where the Fox News host
begins by saying the death of Brown, 18, at the hands of a police
officer “is now being investigated by state and local
authorities, but that hasn’t stopped rioting and looting in the
area.”

“The police shot and killed an unarmed teenager, what’s
there’s to investigate?” Brand added, comparing the killing
of Brown to the slaying of Trayvon Martin, both African American
teens who have become emblems of “larger social unrest.”

“The situation speaks for itself. He was a teenager, he was
unarmed, there just isn’t a need for further inquiry - the
inquiry itself is going to be sufficient.”

In his own segment, O’Reilly and guest Dr. Ben Carson agreed
that, “in this case,” they have complete confidence in
US Attorney General Eric Holder, who is black.

Brand took the opportunity to mock O’Reilly: “In this case -
but I wouldn’t normally trust a black attorney general, not with
my car keys, I wouldn’t let him feed my fish. I don’t like black
people! Sorry!”

“Your racism, Bill, it comes bubbling out all the time,”
Brand added, before he cut back to O’Reilly, who condemned the
looting in Ferguson that happened in the wake of the killing.

“It’s almost, Bill,” Brand then said, “as if you’re
living in a really unequal, unfair society that hasn’t recovered
from the massive wounds of slavery and the continued subjugation
of the non-white population. Eventually, inevitably, there will
be flare ups.”

“There’s going to be a lot more of this happening as society
becomes more and more unequal,” Brand added, going on to
cite the militarization of police forces in the US. “The
question will become, ‘Should we have a more equal society?’ or
‘Should we bolster our means of oppressing people?’”

Later, guest Carson is shown saying, “we feel their pain, but
what we have to remember is that police are individuals too, they
have feelings, also.”

Brand responded saying the likes of Fox News does not give equal
quarter to angered residents in Ferguson and elsewhere.

“I think it’s worth pointing out at this juncture that if an
unarmed policeman was shot by a black teenager, I can’t imagine
Fox News giving voice to someone to say, ‘You’ve got to remember,
black teenagers are people too.’ They’d be all, ‘This is
unacceptable! This is an indication of a society in
decline!’”

Brand ended with an attempt to sum up the cognitive dissonance
present within Fox News’ agenda.

“The ironic thing is that the values that Fox News purports,
like unity, like America, ‘this is a great country’ — they’re
constantly at odds with that, because they really believe in
oppression and exploitation, and the minimization of the
suffering of the people who need the most support.”